One of the most persistent ideas, though, is the Mona Lisa effect—the notion that no matter where art-lovers move around the room, the eyes of Lady Giocondo look directly at them.

Mona Lisa, also called 'La Gioconda' or 'La Joconde', c1503-1506. Oil on wood by Leonardo da Vinci. UniversalImagesGroup/Getty ...

The search for the Mona Lisa bridge The "Mona Lisa" has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have ...

Mona Lisa is finally moving out of shared digs and into her own space at the Louvre, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday — and visiting Americans will be expected to help fund ...

The hidden image has art historians debating who the real-life 'Mona Lisa' was. — -- A hidden portrait underneath the "Mona Lisa" has been discovered by a French scientist, who said he ...

The gaze of the “Mona Lisa,” however, was measured by the study participants at an average angle of 15.4 degrees to the right – in short, the Mona Lisa is definitely not looking at her audience.

PARIS -- Many paintings are moved around at the Louvre in Paris, but rarely is it one of the world's most iconic works. For the first time in 14 years, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Mona Lisa" will be ...

Topline The “Mona Lisa,” a 16th-century portrait by Leonardo da Vinci—and arguably the most famous painting on earth—was the target of a pastry attack Sunday in a stunt by a climate change ...

A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris but was thwarted by the painting’s glass case. Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS He then “proceeds to smear cake on the ...